Gate DexBuilder launches $3M grant program for event contracts infrastructure
Gate DexBuilder launched a $3 million grant program and introduced Event Contracts Builder, a modular toolkit for brokers, fintech companies and Web3 developers to build event-contracts infrastructure. The program targets prediction markets and binary outcome trading products. The grants aim to fund infrastructure without requiring developers to build from scratch.
DeFi platforms are racing to capture prediction-market builders before regulated venues can match their speed. Gate DexBuilder's new toolkit lets developers launch event contracts without building infrastructure from scratch or waiting for CFTC approvals. That threatens Kalshi and Polymarket, who face months of regulatory review for each new contract type.
Traders who form habits on non-custodial platforms may never migrate to regulated venues. The $3 million grant pool is a direct bid to lock in developer loyalty early. Gate now competes with DreamDEX for on-chain prediction-market infrastructure, splitting the DeFi builder ecosystem into rival camps. CFTC-registered exchanges must prove their compliance advantage justifies the wait.
Gate DexBuilder's Event Contracts Builder and $3 million grant pool intensify the race between on-chain toolkits and regulated venues for developer loyalty.